CPANSA-Sub-HandlesVia-2025-30673: Sub-HandlesVia vulnerability
| Publisher | giterlizzi | Document category | csaf_security_advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial release date | 2025-04-01T00:00:00 | Engine | CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25 |
| Current release date | 2025-04-01T00:00:00 | Build Date | |
| Current version | 1 | Status | final |
| CVSS v3.1 Base Score | 6.5 | Severity | |
| Original language | Language | en | |
| Also referred to | |||
Vulnerability Description
Sub::HandlesVia for Perl before 0.050002 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded similar to CVE-2016-1238. If an attacker can place a malicious file in current working directory, it may be loaded instead of the intended file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. Sub::HandlesVia uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-30673
Vulnerability DescriptionSub::HandlesVia for Perl before 0.050002 allows untrusted code from the current working directory ('.') to be loaded similar to CVE-2016-1238.
If an attacker can place a malicious file in current working directory, it may be loaded instead of the intended file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Sub::HandlesVia uses Mite to produce the affected code section due to CVE-2025-30672
| Weakness | CWE-427 : Uncontrolled Search Path Element |
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Product status
Known affected
| Product | Score | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-HandlesVia less than 0.050002 |
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Fixed
- Sub-HandlesVia greater than or equal 0.050002
giterlizzi
Namespace: https://github.com/giterlizzi/
gdt@cpan.org
References
- CPANSA-Sub-HandlesVia-2025-30673 JSON self
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2025/cpansa-sub-handlesvia-2025-30673.json - https://blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html external
https://blogs.perl.org/users/todd_rinaldo/2016/11/what-happened-to-dot-in-inc.html - https://metacpan.org/dist/Sub-HandlesVia/changes#L12 external
https://metacpan.org/dist/Sub-HandlesVia/changes#L12 - https://metacpan.org/release/TOBYINK/Sub-HandlesVia-0.050001/source/lib/Sub/HandlesVia/Mite.pm#L114 external
https://metacpan.org/release/TOBYINK/Sub-HandlesVia-0.050001/source/lib/Sub/HandlesVia/Mite.pm#L114 - CVE-2025-30673 (NVD) external
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30673
Revision history
| Version | Date of the revision | Summary of the revision |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tue Apr 1 00:00:00 2025 | First release |
Sharing rules
TLP:WHITE
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